21st Head Coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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GTFLETCH

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Since Geoff Collins has shown no ability to coach a team up and recruiting is about the same today as the CPJ era especially with Gibbs heading to Bama. I have decided to highlight potential Head Coaching replacements through out the year.

First up: Jamey Chadwell! Chadwell’s offense is a spread-option that presents challenges for the opposition. He implemented the spread-option offense in 2009 during his first season as head coach at Division II North Greenville. Chadwell’s offense centers around the backfield with a variety of different looks that has evolved from 20 to 21-personnel.

“The reason why we like to run the offense that we do, you don’t have to have the best linemen in the country to win games,” Chadwell said. “You don’t have to have the best receivers in the country to win games. Every job that I have had has been a rebuild. We’ve had to develop and recruit talent that fits your system.

“Part of the reason that we like to do the offense, is it gives you a chance to win games. We were probably the eighth most talented team out of ten in our league — and won the league this year. Part of that is because you get kids to buy into your scheme and your system, and they fit that. We can do a variety of different things. Recruiting is not hard for it, you just have to find the right guys that want to fit into what you do.”

The Chadwell File:
Age: 44
Salary: 850K
Head coaching record: 90–54
Bowls: 2–1
Tournaments
2–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
1–2 (NCAA D-I playoffs; 2015 playoff win against The Citadel vacated by the NCAA)

Accomplishments and Championships
1 Sun Belt (2020)
2 Big South (2015 (vacated by NCAA),

Awards
AP College Football Coach of the Year (2020)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (2020)
Home Depot Coach of the Year (2020)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (2020)
George Munger Award (2020)
Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2020)

A great article about the 21 personnel (two running backs, one tight end, two receivers), spread-option offense can be found at:

theathletic.com

How Coastal Carolina took college football by storm: Analyzing the Chanticleers offense

Coastal Carolina went undefeated in the regular season and averaged 37.2 points by running a lot of formations, motions and shifts.
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GTWannaBee said:
Or maybe we could let this season play out before we talk about replacements.

or at least let the first game be played
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Nah. The only reason Collins is still here is because it would cost us too much to buy out his contract. He would have been fired after last season if he had a standard contract.

The only way Collins stays is if he stays out of the way and turns the team over to Chip Long and Weinke. But there’s still the Thacker problem.
 
ibeeballin said:
The irony of GT fans:

Hate all the gimmicks off the field but love them on the field.
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Well considering that 22 of the 29 losses have been double digits and an overall 9-25 record, I will pass on any off the field gimmicks in the future. Any scheme that takes Georgia Tech to two Orange Bowls and wins an ACC Championship should be considered, but my overview on Jeff Monken and Coach Ken will come at a later date!
 
Tampa Jacket said:
Nah. The only reason Collins is still here is because it would cost us too much to buy out his contract. He would have been fired after last season if he had a standard contract.

The only way Collins stays is if he stays out of the way and turns the team over to Chip Long and Weinke. But there’s still the Thacker problem.
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No.
I don't get the ardor for Long and Weinke. I get the antipathy and animosity for Collins.
But if you're gonna cash out the HC, bring in a new guy and let him pick his staff.
We don't know that Long or Weinke can be competent enough to run a program. By the same token, don't know that they can't do it, either. However, I'd just as soon start over with a clean slate - provided we have to.
It is within the realm of possibilities Collins manages to save his job this season. It's just not a probability. And I wouldn't bet on it happening.
 
swampsting said:
No.
I don't get the ardor for Long and Weinke. I get the antipathy and animosity for Collins.
But if you're gonna cash out the HC, bring in a new guy and let him pick his staff.
We don't know that Long or Weinke can be competent enough to run a program. By the same token, don't know that they can't do it, either. However, I'd just as soon start over with a clean slate - provided we have to.
It is within the realm of possibilities Collins manages to save his job this season. It's just not a probability. And I wouldn't bet on it happening.
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No doubt a new HC would bring in his own staff. What I meant was if Collins touches anything we won’t win 5 games. He needs to assume the role of a token “head coach” that turns everything over to his assistants like Bobby Bowden did in his final years if he has a prayer of keeping his job.
 
Tampa Jacket said:
No doubt a new HC would bring in his own staff. What I meant was if Collins touches anything we won’t win 5 games. He needs to assume the role of a token “head coach” that turns everything over to his assistants like Bobby Bowden did in his final years if he has a prayer of keeping his job.
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I'd add Key & Thacker to the "please stand off to the side" pile. Time for the coaches that have the ability to turn our program around to run practices, etc & the recruiter/cheerleader boys to spend all their time doing whatever it is they do best.
 
GTFLETCH said:
Well considering that 22 of the 29 losses have been double digits and an overall 9-25 record, I will pass on any off the field gimmicks in the future. Any scheme that takes Georgia Tech to two Orange Bowls and wins an ACC Championship should be considered, but my overview on Jeff Monken and Coach Ken will come at a later date!
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Double digit may not be the barometer you looking for to gauge success. This is not basketball.

The scheme also accomplished many other things as well i.e. broken bowl streak. Why didn’t you hit on those points?

What i find interesting is that schemes that both Iowa & Wisconsin has accomplished more in that same duration yet never gets mentioned. Why is that?
 
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Chadwell would be my first choice of non-flexbone coaches.

GT is a different place, & yes, we tend to be conservative generally. I think having a different, but effective, scheme does not have to be called “gimmick”, but for the haters, call it what you like.
 
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AlabamaBuzz said:
Chadwell would be my first choice of non-flexbone coaches.

GT is a different place, & yes, we tend to be conservative generally. I think having a different, but effective scheme does not have to be called “gimmick”, but for the haters, call it what you like.
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I agree with you! The fact he is young and has success at three different places tells me he can implement his system. The only issue I would see is if he has immediate success he could leave like Bobby Ross did in the early 90s.
 
AlabamaBuzz said:
Chadwell would be my first choice of non-flexbone coaches.

GT is a different place, & yes, we tend to be conservative generally. I think having a different, but effective scheme does not have to be called “gimmick”, but for the haters, call it what you like.
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I never seen a group of people who enjoy perpetuating their own misinformation. Y’all have really conditioned to believe that their is only one way to skin a cat

What assures you that it will work at the P5 level?
 
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GTFLETCH said:
Well considering that 22 of the 29 losses have been double digits and an overall 9-25 record, I will pass on any off the field gimmicks in the future. Any scheme that takes Georgia Tech to two Orange Bowls and wins an ACC Championship should be considered, but my overview on Jeff Monken and Coach Ken will come at a later date!
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Can you make that overview into a slide show format?

It is Stingtalk donation season. We need the clicks.
 
ibeeballin said:
I never seen a group of people who enjoy with perpetuating their own misinformation. Y’all have really conditioned to believe that their is only one way to skin a cat

What assures you that it will work at the P5 level?
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It worked eight years ago!
 
ibeeballin said:
I never seen a group of people who enjoy with perpetuating their own misinformation. Y’all have really conditioned to believe that their is only one way to skin a cat

What assures you that it will work at the P5 level?
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It's "We're Smarter Than You" Syndrome. It's why they'll never favor a scheme that just lines up and beats the opponent. Gotta be "clever" somehow, whether it's diving at knees or having your QB run it 30+ times per game whilst completing 42 passes for an entire season.
 
This öööö needs to go on ice. Geoff Collins is our coach. Regardless of what you or I think of him. He will be coaching our next game. I hope he wins it. I hope he wins every game he coaches at Tech. If you are not hoping the same, then go öööö yourself. IF, late in the season, things are looking bad, then resurrect this öööö. Until then, either support Tech Football here or GFY. And if any of the mods here were Tech football fans, they'd close this damn thread and hand out a time-out.
 
Tampa Jacket said:
Nah. The only reason Collins is still here is because it would cost us too much to buy out his contract. He would have been fired after last season if he had a standard contract.

The only way Collins stays is if he stays out of the way and turns the team over to Chip Long and Weinke. But there’s still the Thacker problem.
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Agree with the sentiment that we would have bought him out last year if the price was reasonable, but his contract isn't that abnormal for a coach these days. 3-4MM per year is peanuts in the P5, and 7 years isn't that long anymore: standard coach will get 6, and throwing him an extra year for the transition off the option was reasonable. We made a bad hire, but the contract isn't anymore obscene than anyone else's now.

Absolutely should hire Chadwell, though.
 
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